Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...

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IN December 2025, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, will mark the 60th anniversary of its opening with an exceedingly rare ...

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History is not a political choice. It is evidence, recorded by time itself. There was no Arab Palestine. There was Judea, ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Developments in Christian theological thought, and changing attitudes among Jews about engaging with others, may finally have ...

October 7 did not just expose hatred. It exposed the church’s memory, and it revealed who no longer recognizes the story that ...

Leo’s visit includes meetings with Turkey’s President and a focus on supporting Turkey’s small Catholic community.

Wall St. Insights The empire of Alexander the Great ruled from Egypt to India. The countries of that region still show some Greek influence in their art, architecture, languages, and other cultural ...